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Why Studios Must End Their Mega-Budget Obsession
Dire predictions swirled around this year’s slate of pricey pics. Now, after a number of colossal flops, Hollywood is left to wonder if its swing-for-the-fences paradigm has struck out.
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Johnny Depp, Bruckheimer Blame Critics for ‘Lone Ranger’ Disaster
Johnny Depp and producer Jerry Bruckheimer have spoken out for the first time since mega-budget Western “The Lone Ranger” crumbled at the global box office, blaming U.S. critics for one of the biggest...
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Summer Movies in Review: Lone Rangers and Game Changers
Variety's critics debate the highs and lows of an unusually paranoid and post-apocalyptic summer movie season.
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Venice Film Review: ‘Parkland’
This JFK assassination retelling makes "Bobby" look like a masterpiece by comparison.
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Film Review: ‘Rush’
Formula One adversaries James Hunt and Niki Lauda's larger-than-life bout for the 1976 world championship title fuels Ron Howard’s exhilarating “Rush” — not just one of the great racing movies of all...
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Universal Shakeup: Why Jeff Shell Is Grabbing the Movie Spotlight
Adam Fogelson’s forced departure as chairman of Universal Pictures and Jeff Shell’s arrival as its new movie chief sends a strong signal that media congloms today are just as concerned with the “big...
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Greenlighting Movies: A High-Risk Game
Studio executives are very talented at running for cover. Hence when a movie tanks it’s often impossible to determine who gave it the greenlight.
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Directing Movies: Few Know More Than the Cinematographer
Few people on a movie set have more knowledge of what it takes to direct a film than the cinematographer, but commanding talent and developing a project aren’t always included in the skill set.
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Marta Heflin, Who Appeared in Robert Altman Movies, Dies at 68
Marta Heflin, who was associated with director Robert Altman during a stage and film career that included starring in Altman pic “A Perfect Couple” and appearing in the helmer’s Broadway and movie...
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An iPad in the Movie Theater? That’s One Screen Too Many
The idea of a 5-year-old sitting in a theater and swiveling his head between the bigscreen and an iPad just feels wrong.
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